Exploring Student Roles In Learning

Title:	Exploring Student Roles In Learning
Subject:	Professional Development
Grade:	All
Time Frame:	Ongoing
Summary:	Write a SHORT summary of the activity/project/lesson here
Tasks:	1) After working through Less (Teaching) Is More (Learning) starting activities, consider the range of roles (actual and potential) students play in their own learning (create a brainstorm list). 2) Reflect on the work of Alan November, and his emphasis on the benefits of making students contributors to their own learning and the digital learning farm. 3) What roles are your students currently playing as learners in their classroom? What do these roles look like in practice (on the ground, in the every day trenches of teaching and learning in your/their class?) How do these roles reflect your list from the Less Is More activity above? In what way(s) do these roles support a culture of student-owned learning? In what way(s) do these roles invite & encourage collaboration, contributions, and social knowledge building? 4) Growing student roles: To what learning benefit is each role being played? How might these roles be enhanced or developed to provide a stronger learning experience for students? How might available technologies be leveraged to further develop these roles? To what benefit? 5) Consider the set of roles November suggests be made available to students in all classrooms and the resource provided for each: Tutorial Designers: http://langwitches.org/blog/2014/03/15/student-tutorials-minecraft-how-to-ride-a-horse-imovie-and-more/ Student Scribes: http://novemberlearning.com/student-scribes-with-darren-kuropatwa-part-2-of-3/ Student Researchers: http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/06/12/students-becoming-curators-of-information/ Global Communicators & Collaborators: http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles Others...? 4) Select a category below and explore additional examples. As you explore, imagine: What roles your learners would need to play or attend to in order to develop that component? What opportunities are immediately available in upcoming lessons/activities to begin engaging students as contributors to their own learning? What other "starting points" are available in your existing class, discipline and curriculum? What additional opportunities might you create over time, as students' develop their individual and collective capacity? Tutorial Designers - What roles would your learners need to attend to as creators and publishers of content? MathTrain.tv ClubAcademia.org Middle School Math Wiki How to Take Better Pictures Students As Teachers (Smart Boards) General “How-To” student/teacher tutorials How-To Minecraft tips Student Scribes - What roles would your learners need to attend to in a culture of collaborative & contributory learning? The Scribe Post Hall of Fame: http://thescribepost.pbworks.com/w/page/22148105/HallOfFame Back Channeling With Elem Students: http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/11/19/backchanneling-with-elementary-school-students/ What Is a Classroom Back Channel?: http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=2886 Note-Taking Template: https://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/Template+-+Notes Wiki Note Taking: https://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/Wiki+Note+Taking Skype Scribe: https://www.flickr.com/photos/langwitches/4158451605/sizes/o/in/set-72157605083562304/ Student Researchers - What roles would your learners need to attend to in order to build a networked classroom? Diigo, the social bookmarking site: www.diigo.com Google's Advancd Search Tools: http://google.com/advanced_search Twitter's Search Engine: http://twitter.com/search Wolfram Alpha's Knowledge Engine: http://wolframalpha.com REAL Information Strategies: http://cookwilkie11.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/REAL+Strategies Critical Consumption/CRAP Detecting: https://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/Critical+Consumption+-+C.R.A.P.+Testing Student Product Examples: http://blogs.birmingham.k12.mi.us/whitmer/ http://slaverymuseum4teens.wikispaces.com http://dgh.wikispaces.com Global Communicators & Collaborators - What roles would your learners need to attend to in a globally connected classroom? Others...? 5) Take a Leap! 6) Reflect, Revise, Iterate....
Objectives:	What GLCE's or other objectives does this activity/lesson project meet? Please include at least one !gnite objective here as well (communication with text and non-text resources, collaboration, higher order thinking skills, problem solving, etc.)
Assessment:	How will you assess the students learning? Please identify opportunities for differentiation.
Resources:	Creating Math How-To Videos: http://ignite.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/Math+How+To+Videos Quality Tutorial Designers Checklist: http://langwitches.org/blog/2012/11/14/quality-tutorial-designers-checklist/ Digital Learning Environment Roles: http://whitmer.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/Wiki+Roles These roles were created for ourstudents working in wikispaces, however each role can easily be adapted to fit any digital environment (blogs,Google, Edmodo, Moodle, Schoology, etc.) Additional Resources & Examples: Who Owns the Learning, by Alan November http://langwitches.org/blog/ Silvia Tolisano *
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Discussion:

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